Factors Determining Adoption of Soil and Water Conservation Practice in Ankober District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Damene, Shimeles PhD | |
| dc.contributor.author | Belet, Fetlework | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-13T08:25:19Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T08:42:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-12-13T08:25:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T08:42:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Soil degradation is one of the most worrying environmental problem that compromising the very scarce natural resources without which crop production is not possible. The main purpose of this study was to identify the determinant factors affecting the adoption of soil and water conservation practice in Ankober district, Amhara National Regional State, Central Ethiopia. The study used a cross sectional survey design. Structured interview with 267 sample respondents were held, who were selected using probability sampling technique supplemented by key informant interview and focus group discussion. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression model were used to identify factors that determine the adoption of soil and water conservation practice in the study area. The result showed that 44.57% of the household heads adopted soil and water conservation practice. The resulting distribution further, show that (37.83%) and (30.71%) of the respondents in the study area adopted soil bund and stone bund types of soil and water conservation practice respectively followed by the check dam and cut of drain conservation practices, which accounts (17.98%) and (10.11%) of the respondents respectively. The rest of 3.37% of the respondents were adopted grass strip conservation practice. Variables such as educational status, access to extension service and non-farm income are significantly and positively affects the adoption of soil and water conservation practice in the study area. Whereas, land size and erosion perception of farmers significantly and negatively affects the adoption of soil and water conservation practice in the study area. Thus, in the process of soil and water conservation, these variables should be considered by the government decision makers, donor agencies at different level and individual farm household heads. For future studies, considering time serious data rather than depending on cross-sectional data is important to understand the observed differences. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/29239 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Adoption, Ankober, Logit Regression Model, Soil and Water Conservation | en_US |
| dc.title | Factors Determining Adoption of Soil and Water Conservation Practice in Ankober District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |